Saturday, May 7, 2011

Week 1: Copyright Issues Response 1

Wk1 Reading Copyright by Jana Claybrook
The copyright videos were interesting and a little overwhelming. I was totally oblivious to the depth of the piracy on media. The film “Good Copy/Bad Copy” opened my eyes to the extent of the piracy not only on music but on the motion picture industry as well. I have always wondered about those advertisements at the beginning of DVD’s about piracy being against the law. I guess I thought it was geared more towards big time offenders than just everyday people.
This program at Full Sail has certainly heightened my awareness of copyright issues. I have on numerous occasions searched for copyright free images and have been disappointed when I open the image. Most images appear with the statement “This image may be subject to copyright”.
What does that really mean? Where can I find material?
As I am immersed into the legal and illegal aspects of copyrighting this month, I hope to gain the necessary information to better educate my students.
We must prepare our students for success in the future by urging them to create original work and educating them on the laws of copyrighting.

David Hotler said...
I found the amount of videos to also be overwhelming. I broke up my time watching them over two nights and even re-watched a few sections of the Creative Commons videos. It seems like finding something online that you are ok to use is such a daunting task. It is SOO easy to find something and use it yet the consequence can be outrageous. I hope you found the videos in Part 3 about Creative Commons as helpful as I did. I am now making it mandatory for my students that for all assignments that use outside images they must be taken from creative commons and must not have the non-dirivitive icon. This lesson has also sparked the idea in me that we need to cover copyright right from the start instead of waiting until the second term. Great post!

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